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Woman in UK diagnosed with new Ebola-like disease with 40% fatality rate

The woman was diagnosed with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and is receiving specialist care at the Royal Free Hospital in London

Daily Mirror

WHO urges Ireland to reintroduce mask-wearing as hospital pressure mounts

"If I were in Ireland right now, I would be expecting there to be a request for mask-wearing in confined spaces"

Irish Mirror

Lok Sabha updates March 25, 2022

House passes Finance Bill 2022.

The Hindu

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Anti-vaxxers say three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine results in higher infection rates. Here's why that's incorrect

Anti-vaxxers are using statistics from the UK's Health Security Agency to claim those who are triple-vaccinated are more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the unvaccinated. But they're using inaccurate population estimates.

ABC News

Getting tough on PM2.5

This past week has seen two events linked to attempts to solve the problem of PM2.5 fine dust particles. Wednesday marked the opening of the National Environment Information Centre (NEIC), a 200-million-baht big data analytics centre related to air and dust particle problems.

Bangkok Post

How scientists could prevent future pandemics

An interdisciplinary ‘one health’ approach and strong decision-making are our best defence against the next zoonotic-disease outbreak.

Newsroom.co.nz

Zimbabwe renews COVID vaccination drive, targets schoolkids

Zimbabwe has launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign that includes jabbing children aged 12 and above to rescue a drive faltering due to vaccine hesitancy and complacency

The Independent UK

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Australian plant used as a ‘bio-factory’ to produce a new COVID-19 vaccine

The key ingredient of a new COVID-19 vaccine is manufactured in the leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana, an ancient Australian chewing tobacco.

The New Daily

World Tuberculosis Day: Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirms commitment to make India TB-free by 2025

On World Tuberculosis Day today, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirmed the government's commitment to making India Tuberculosis-free by 2025.

Dynamite News

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones

The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world will miss a target for giving doses to the U.N.-backed effort to deliver shots to poorer countries

The Independent UK

Covid outbreaks in Samoa and Vanuatu chip away at Pacific islands’ virus-free status

Case numbers in the two Pacific nations have exploded over past week following first cases of community transmissionRead all our coronavirus coverage

The Guardian - AU

WHO says 64 hospitals attacked since Russian invasion of Ukraine

UN agency condemns the attacks it says are a breach of international law.

Al Jazeera

WHO says there were 64 instances of attacks on health care since Ukraine war started

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it had verified 64 instances of attacks on health care in Ukraine between Feb. 24 and March 21 resulting in 15 deaths and 37 injuries.

Reuters

Ukraine latest updates: NATO will ‘respond’ to chemical weapons

Ukraine-Russia news from March 24: US President Joe Biden warns Russia against using chemical weapons in Ukraine.

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The Conversation

Vaccine uptake in Ukraine has been low – countries receiving refugees need to help people get their jabs

Over 3 million people – half of them children – have now fled Ukraine because of the Russian invasion, according to the UN. This number is estimated to rise to 7 million.

The Independent UK

WHO: COVID-19 cases rise for 2nd straight week, deaths fall

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7% in the last week, driven by rising infections in the Western Pacific

Irish Mirror

Covid Ireland: New BA2 variant update, two obvious symptoms and calls for return of one restriction

“It’s a global wave. The WHO said there’s been an 8% increase [in cases worldwide] in the past week. It’s happening again."

The Guardian - UK

False narratives about Covid left us with millions of deaths – will we challenge them now?

To stop another, more severe, pandemic, those misleading stories like thinking the virus would burn itself out can’t be forgotten, says science journalist Debora MacKenzie

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Global air pollution levels spiked in 2021 after a drop during 2020 lockdowns, report says

The Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to a new pollution report — the opposite of what is supposed to happen.

Manchester Evening News

Owain Wyn Evans' brilliant response to troll who called him 'a limp-wristed, effeminate drummer'

The BBC weather presenter received an outpouring of support as he clapped back at the nasty tweet

Al Jazeera

Some European countries lift COVID curbs too ‘brutally’: WHO

The UN health agency sees cases rising in 18 out of 53 countries in Europe, ‘likely’ due to the BA.2 sub-variant.

The Guardian - UK

WHO blames rising Covid cases in Europe on curbs lifted too soon

Regional director says several countries including the UK lifted restrictions ‘brutally’

Glasgow Live

The Glasgow bootmaker who ordered Freddie Mercury to fit David Bowie with a pair of platforms

It sounds like the kind of thing your mate would claim occurred in a dream, but Alan Mair really did once order Freddie Mercury to fit David Bowie with a pair of boots.

Irish Mirror

Nine million locked down in China, masks returning in Europe - new Covid wave gripping the world

Countries across Europe and Asia are witnessing a spike in cases due to the BA.2 variant of Omicron

Wales Online

Owain Wyn Evans' brilliant response to troll who called him ‘an effeminate, limp-wristed drummer’

'As you know, I am more than happy with my limp-wristed, effeminate drumming'

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